Temitope Kalejaiye
Nigeria
Program(s)
Mandela Washington Fellowship - Summer 2017
“I want to be a reason why younger Nigerians love Nigeria and are patriotic about Nigeria.”
Temitope Kalejaiye is an Amnesty International award-winning broadcast journalist and human rights filmmaker focusing on advocating for children and women. She has a BSc in Mass Communications from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria and an MA in Broadcast Journalism from Nottingham Trent University, UK. Temitope was shocked by the huge difference in the quality of life for children in the UK and children in Nigeria and is passionately using her communication skills to narrow the gap. On a volunteer basis, she teaches children attending a state school in Yola, in northeast Nigeria.
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